TY - JOUR
T1 - Optimal rotational speed rotor load reduction control in Coaxial High - Speed helicopter/engine integration system
AU - Liu, Changqi
AU - Li, Aijun
AU - Duan, Guangzhan
AU - Hu, Xuesong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 Elsevier Masson SAS.
PY - 2026/1
Y1 - 2026/1
N2 - To satisfy coaxial helicopters' variable rotational speed control requirements, a flight condition feedforward integrated control strategy based on dynamic inversion is proposed. A coaxial high-speed helicopter/engine integration system is developed using the T700 turboshaft engine's high precision mathematical model. An optimal rotational speed flight strategy targeting minimum fuel flow is designed. To solve the rotor load surge caused by this strategy, a boundary protection controller using projection operator theory is proposed. Simulation results show that this control method can track optimal rotor speed, cutting fuel flow by over 8%. The boundary - protection flight controller, designed via projection operator theory, reduces upper and lower rotor loads. In low - speed flight, loads drop by over 11.8% and 12.4% respectively; in transition flight, by over 12% and 6% respectively. Thus, it effectively enables variable - speed flight control and rotor - load reduction for coaxial - helicopter integrated flight - propulsion systems.
AB - To satisfy coaxial helicopters' variable rotational speed control requirements, a flight condition feedforward integrated control strategy based on dynamic inversion is proposed. A coaxial high-speed helicopter/engine integration system is developed using the T700 turboshaft engine's high precision mathematical model. An optimal rotational speed flight strategy targeting minimum fuel flow is designed. To solve the rotor load surge caused by this strategy, a boundary protection controller using projection operator theory is proposed. Simulation results show that this control method can track optimal rotor speed, cutting fuel flow by over 8%. The boundary - protection flight controller, designed via projection operator theory, reduces upper and lower rotor loads. In low - speed flight, loads drop by over 11.8% and 12.4% respectively; in transition flight, by over 12% and 6% respectively. Thus, it effectively enables variable - speed flight control and rotor - load reduction for coaxial - helicopter integrated flight - propulsion systems.
KW - Boundary protection control
KW - Coaxial high-speed helicopter/engine integration system
KW - Fuel efficiency
KW - Optimal rotational speed
KW - Projection operator
KW - Rotor load reduction
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105021085390
U2 - 10.1016/j.ast.2025.111181
DO - 10.1016/j.ast.2025.111181
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:105021085390
SN - 1270-9638
VL - 168
JO - Aerospace Science and Technology
JF - Aerospace Science and Technology
M1 - 111181
ER -